Moor otter for Tavistock College

Moor otter for Tavistock College

Tavistock College is making a splash this year with its own entry to the Dartmoor National Park’s Moor Otters competition. Art teacher Kate Wyatt has been selected to decorate an otter and its cub as part of the countywide exhibition. This summer, eighty decorated otter sculptures will be released onto Dartmoor to create four arts trails, and wait to be spotted. At the end of the summer ‘otter-spotters’ as well as art collectors and individuals, will have the opportunity to give their favourite otter a new home, when they are auctioned to raise funds for Donate for Dartmoor. The sale of Kate Wyatt’s ‘Oak and Daffodil Otter’ will also raise money for the college’s art department and it will be hosted by Plymouth Bid as one of twelve otters selected to be part of the city’s celebrations this summer.

The Moor Otters public arts trail launched in June 2017 saw 101 otter sculptures in various locations across Dartmoor and surrounding towns. The initiative generated £60,000 of net income to support projects to conserve and enhance Dartmoor’s wildlife and landscape, improve accessibility to the moor and develop Dartmoor’s Junior Ranger programme.